A lower bound on the Lyapunov exponent for the generalized Harper's model

DOI10.1007/S10955-016-1543-7zbMATH Open1364.37159arXiv1611.10028OpenAlexW2396170335MaRDI QIDQ526582FDOQ526582

Authors: Wencai Liu, Svetlana Ya. Jitomirskaya 

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain a lower bound for the Lyapunov exponent of a family of discrete Schr"{o}dinger operators $(Hu{)}_n=u_{n+1}+u_{n-1}+2a_{1}cos2pi(heta+nalpha)u_n+2a_{2}cos4pi(heta+nalpha)u_n$, that incorporates both $a_1$ and $a_2,$ thus going beyond the Herman's bound.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.10028

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zbMATH Keywords

Lyapunov exponentSchrödinger operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic ergodic theory, cocycles, orbit equivalence, ergodic equivalence relations (37A20) Invariant measures for infinite-dimensional dissipative dynamical systems (37L40) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Lattice dynamics and infinite-dimensional dissipative dynamical systems (37L60)

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